Monthly Archives: June 2006

I’m tired of this…

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Between our current lousy administration and the local government enacting legislation just to force students out of the community, I’m really getting fed up. This time, Congress has proposed cutting NPR & PBS budgets by 23% now, and completely in 2 years.

From an article in the Boston Globe:

On a party-line vote, the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees health and education funding approved the cut to the budget for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes money to the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.

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The same appropriations subcommittee called last year for an even more drastic cut of $223 million from public broadcasting programs. At the time, Republicans attacked the PBS for programming they said represented out-of-the-mainstream viewpoints, …

Check out the article yourself for more details, and sign the petition against this move over at MoveOn.org.

Erosion of State

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This country is eroding out under us as our government strips the citizens of Constitutional rights.

Today, I took my friend Chris’ advice, I joined the EFF and ACLU. My next step is get hooked up with the Maryland Democratic Party and see what I can do to help.

For the record, Maryland’s primary elections are Sept. 12, 2006 and the general election is Nov. 7, 2006. I plan on voting in both (electronic voting machines nothwithstanding).

I urge you to take action: do some, or all of the above; leave me a comment about other ways to make a difference; or simply take action on your own.

If we start acting like we care about what happens in this country, maybe we can make it a better place (again).

BTW: for those who are wondering what’s gotten into me, check out this and this.

AP: Microsoft launching security subscription service

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Associated Press is reporting that Microsoft launching security subscription service.

So let me get this straight, you now have to pay to have the people who left holes in your operating system to protect you from those holes. Of course, if you don’t pay then you and your business will be vulnerable to attack.

Isn’t this better known as a protection racket?

Seriously, don’t people pay Microsoft to provide a secure system already? Isn’t the new Windows Vista supposed to be, “the most secure and trustworthy Windows operating system yet”. So why do users need to pay extra for Microsoft to secure the product they sell as already being secure?